Miss. high court to hear Eaton case

The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear Eaton Corp.’s revived, nearly decade old, trade-secrets lawsuit against Frisby Aerospace on Monday. The suit has spawned tens of millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees and attempted influence pedaling charges. At issue is Frisby’s alleged theft of vital Eaton trade secrets. A lower court ruled that Eaton hired a Mississippi-based lawyer - former judge and famous civil rights attorney Bobby DeLaughter - who tried to influence the judge presiding over the lawsuit. Eaton’s claims the value of its claim is more than $200 million. Source: Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer, Aug. 3, 2013. (Central Mississippi and Golden Triangle: Eaton Aerospace Group has a Fuel & Motion Control Systems Division located in Jackson, Miss.)